Danville, Illinois

Danville is a city in and the county seat of Vermilion County, Illinois. It was founded in 1827 and named after Dan Beckwith, and it became a major industrial city during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the 1850s to the 1940s, Danville was an important coal mining area. In 2018, Danville had a population of 30,898 people.